The purpose of this piece of text is to inform the reader. I reckon that the source is from the Declaration Of Independence.
Answer:
Energy
Explanation:
When we provide energy to an atom then electrons present in non-valence shell get excited and reach to higher energy level. ... Hence, we can conclude that energy can be added to an atom to cause a non-valence electron in the atom to temporarily become a valence electron.
The Thoreau feel that the people who serve the state have the same worth as dogs or horses and that they should receive no more respect then a man of straw or a lump of dirt, so these people feel that working for the state rarely make any moral distinctions,and it also says in the paragraph that they are likely to serve the devil. So by this article we can clearly see that they are apposed to any form of serving the state.
I hope this helped :)
Answer:
The answer will be c or d but c seems to be the more logical because it is talking about the minutes spent waiting but then again the other one d talks about nothing else was in his mind but that time and that is also spoken of